Dr. Peterson Answers Your Questions: Why the current emphasis on effort?

Have your own question for Dr. Peterson? Let us know and we'll pass it on!   Q&A With Dr. Peterson Last week Dr. David Peterson, author of Possessed by God, offered to answers your questions on the doctrine of sanctification…

Twelfth Updated Edition of the Trinity Debate Bibliography

The 2016 Trinity Debate: A Bibliography Is it Okay to Teach a Complementarianism Based on Eternal Subordination?** Compiled by Jack Jeffery A bibliography of articles and posts in the current debate (began 3 JUN 2016)[1] concerning the eternal subordination of God…

Dr. David Peterson Answers Your Questions: Have you interacted with Peter Gentry’s work much?

Have your own question for Dr. Peterson? Let us know and we'll pass it on!   Q&A With Dr. Peterson Last week Dr. David Peterson, author of Possessed by God, offered to answers your questions on the doctrine of sanctification…

God Loves the World But We Shouldn’t? A Sample Word Study from Rob Plummer

Guest Blog from Rob Plummer In 1 John 2:15, John commands, μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον (“Do not love the world”). In John 3:16, the apostle famously writes, οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον (“For God so loved the world”).…

Dr. Peterson Answers Your Questions: Why is definitive sanctification important?

Have your own question for Dr. Peterson? Let us know and we'll pass it on!   Q&A With Dr. Peterson Last week Dr. David Peterson, author of Possessed by God, offered to answers your questions on the doctrine of sanctification…

Dr. Peterson Answers Your Questions: How does holiness relate to the spread of the gospel?

Have your own question for Dr. Peterson? Let us know and we'll pass it on!   Q&A With Dr. Peterson Last week Dr. David Peterson, author of Possessed by God, offered to answers your questions on the doctrine of sanctification…

Weekly Recap September 24, 2016

This was a full week with lots of quality new content. Check out our summary of Mitch Stokes’ new book on atheism, our interview with Michael Haykin on special works of God and the Reformed tradition! Don’t miss the two…

THE ANSWERS OF JESUS TO JOB, by G. Campbell Morgan

If ever a book had a promising title, this is it! How wonderfully inviting, having heard and read of Job’s struggles – not just with his suffering itself but with his very faith – to be reminded that it is…

Eleventh Updated Edition of the Trinity Debate Bibliography

The 2016 Trinity Debate: A Bibliography Is it Okay to Teach a Complementarianism Based on Eternal Subordination?** Compiled by Jack Jeffery A bibliography of articles and posts in the current debate (began 3 JUN 2016)[1] concerning the eternal subordination of God…

Ask Dr. David Peterson a Question about Sanctification, Regeneration, and Renewal

Would you like to ask Dr. David Peterson a question? In a recent post, Dr. David Peterson, author of Possessed by God, summarizes for us the nature of New Testament Sanctification and clarifies its relation to the language of regeneration and renewal.…

Weekly Recap September 17, 2016

Check out this week’s new posts, including our summary of James K.A. Smith’s book about longing and liturgy, our review of Gerald Bray’s new book on the church, and the guest blog post by David Peterson – along with the…

Sanctification, Regeneration, and Renewal

Editor’s Note:  We have mentioned previously our appreciation for David Peterson’s excellent work, Possessed By God and the important corrective it provides. We asked if he could provide us with a brief summary-explanation of his argument regarding sanctification particularly as…

Tenth Updated Edition of the Trinity Debate Bibliography

The 2016 Trinity Debate: A Bibliography Is it Okay to Teach a Complementarianism Based on Eternal Subordination?** Compiled by Jack Jeffery A bibliography of articles and posts in the current debate (began 3 JUN 2016)[1] concerning the eternal subordination of God…

Weekly Recap September 10, 2016

Good new content posted this week. We talked with Dustin Benge, editor of Expositor Magazine, about the collection of essays on preaching he and Joel Beeke recently put together in honor of Steve Lawson. We also summarized James E. Dolezal’s…

A Biblical Response to Marginalization of Christians

Guest Blog by Sigurd Grindheim How should Christians respond when their values are being ridiculed, and, even worse than that, they are said to be unethical, intolerant, even hateful? Should we look for a strong man who can turn back…

Ninth Updated Edition of the Trinity Debate Bibliography

The 2016 Trinity Debate: A Bibliography Is it Okay to Teach a Complementarianism Based on Eternal Subordination?** Compiled by Jack Jeffery A bibliography of articles and posts in the current debate (began 3 JUN 2016)[1] concerning the eternal subordination of God…

Weekly Recap September 3, 2016

This week we summarized a recent classic, John Piper’s book Desiring God. Make sure to check that summary out, along with this week’s new interview, review and posts!

ONE GREATER THAN MOSES: A HISTORY OF NEW COVENANT THEOLOGY, by Heather A. Kendall

Someone had to do it. Some record of the rise of “New Covenant Theology” in the last generation needed to be written, and now Heather Kendall has done it for us. An interesting account of the origins, the leading issues,…